Jul. 05 2023
Source Page: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons annual report: 2022 to 2023Found: Immigration Our inspections of immigration removal centres (IRCs) were fairly positive last year, with
Written Evidence Jun. 22 2023
Inquiry: Human TraffickingFound: HUM0035) Written evidence submitted by JRS UK (HUM0035) Executive Summary People with precarious immigration
Report Jun. 27 2023
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: We also visited Derwentside Immigration Removal Centre, the main Home Office-contracted facility for
Written Evidence Apr. 27 2023
Inquiry: Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration BillFound: The Bill seeks to significantly expand immigration detention powers.
Written Evidence Apr. 21 2023
Inquiry: Legislative Scrutiny: Illegal Migration BillFound: By allowing for removal of claimants while a case is pending, the Bill will breach any right on which
Mentions:
1: Nigel Evans (CON - Ribble Valley) of applications, and(b) the efficiency of the removal by Immigration Control of persons whose leave - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) The National AIDS Trust highlighted for me a case of a person detained at Harmondsworth immigration removal - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) immigration removal centre. - Speech Link
4: Alistair Carmichael (LDEM - Orkney and Shetland) It was an absolute stain on our country that we kept children locked up in immigration removal centres - Speech Link
5: Tim Loughton (CON - East Worthing and Shoreham) In 2009, more than 1,000 children were detained in immigration removal centres but, following changes - Speech Link
May. 25 2023
Source Page: Immigration Enforcement data: Q1 2023Found: Cover_Sheet Immigration Enforcement Immigration Enforcement Transparency Data Q1 2023 Part of Migration
Written Evidence Mar. 17 2023
Inquiry: Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UKFound: charity established in 1999 to challenge immigration detention.
Feb. 23 2023
Source Page: Immigration Enforcement data: Q4 2022Found: Cover_Sheet Immigration Enforcement Immigration Enforcement Transparency Data Q4 2022 Part of Migration
Asked by: Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat - Oxford West and Abingdon)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will publish data on the distance individuals are moved across the UK from their place of residence in the community to an immigration removal centre.
Answered by Robert Jenrick - Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
The first Community Engagement Pilot, Action Access, provided women who would otherwise be detained with a programme of support in the community. This pilot concluded on 31 March 2021. The independent evaluation of Action Access was published on 24 January 2022.
The second pilot, the Refugee and Migrant Advisory Service, supported both men and women in the community and remained in operation for two years until June 2022. The independent evaluation of the Refugee and Migrant Advisory Service is expected early in the new year. We will use the UNHCR evaluations of these pilots to inform our future approach to case-management focused alternatives to detention.
Since 2018, information on deaths in immigration detention has been included in published immigration statistics on an annual basis. Data on the number of deaths of people detained under immigration powers in each year from 2017, are published in section 8 ‘detention and returns’, table Det_05b and b of the detention summary tables, found at the following link:https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1098047/detention-summary-jun-2022-tables.ods
Critical incidents in the immigration removal estate are managed, where appropriate, through a command structure. The published guidance Detention Services Order 05/2015 ‘Reporting and Communicating Incidents in the Immigration Removal Estate’ defines the category of incidents (red, amber, green) and provides instruction and guidance for staff on reporting and communicating incidents. Red (critical) incidents relate to the management of an event outside of usual centre business that has, or potentially will have a serious impact on the operation of a facility or the safety and security of staff, detained people or the wider public.
The table below sets out the operational capacity for each immigration removal centre (if all rooms and beds are in use) from 2015 to date.
IRC | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Brook House | 448 | 448 | 448 | 448 | 448 | 448 | 448 | 450 |
Colnbrook | 396 | 391 | 391 | 339 | 339 | 330 | 330 | 330 |
Dungavel House | 249 | 249 | 249 | 249 | 249 | 125 | 125 | 121 |
Harmondsworth | 665 | 676 | 676 | 702 | 726 | 635 | 635 | 635 |
Morton Hall | 392 | 392 | 392 | 392 | 391 | 391 | 352 | - |
Tinsley House | 153 | 153 | 153 | 168 | 168 | 168 | 162 | 162 |
Yarl’s Wood | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 | 410 |
Derwentside | - | - | - | - | - | - | 84 | 84 |
Total | 2713 | 2719 | 2719 | 2708 | 2731 | 2507 | 2546 | 2192 |
The information sought on the distance individuals are moved across the UK from their place of residence in the community to an immigration removal centre is not readily available and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.